-Caveat Lector- <http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/10/politics/10ROGE.html?pagewanted=print> March 10, 2001 Swindle Is Reported to Use the Name of Roger Clinton By NEIL A. LEWIS ASHINGTON, March 9 � Federal prosecutors are investigating complaints from several people who say they were swindled by two Arkansas businessman who claimed they were partners with Roger Clinton, the former president's half- brother, and could deliver pardons and business deals, law enforcement officials and lawyers said today. One Texas man, Guy H. Lincecum, said he and his mother paid $235,000 to the Arkansas businessmen, Dickey Morton and George Locke, for a pardon for his brother but never received one. The checks from Mr. Lincecum and his mother, Alberta, were deposited in the Arkansas account of a company called C.L.M. Mr. Lincecum said he was told by Mr. Locke and Mr. Morton that the company's initials stood for Clinton, Locke and Morton. Roger Clinton said through a spokeswoman today that though he knew Mr. Locke and Mr. Morton, he never heard of C.L.M. and had never authorized either man to use his name in any way. In fact, all those who said they dealt with Mr. Morton and Mr. Locke said that while they believed their assertions that Mr. Clinton was their partner, they never saw nor spoke to Mr. Clinton. In addition to the Lincecums, three other people said in interviews that they were approached by Mr. Locke and Mr. Morton and invited to invest in business ventures with the lure that they were partners with Roger Clinton and that the association would guarantee success. Federal investigators are trying to determine whether Mr. Locke and Mr. Morton were using Roger Clinton's name without his permission to swindle people. The only name on the Arkansas incorporation papers of C.L.M. is that of Mr. Morton. All four parties who met with Mr. Locke and Mr. Morton said the pair acted strangely when they asked to meet Mr. Clinton. Mr. Locke and Mr. Morton did not return telephone calls to their homes. Reed Harrod, Mr. Morton's lawyer, did not return calls to his office in Hamburg, Ark. Roger Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton's two brothers have been embroiled in controversy over their efforts to obtain presidential pardons for friends and clients. But investigators have found evidence to suggest that in the cases involving Mr. Locke and Mr. Morton, Roger Clinton may have had his name used unknowingly. One businessman, R. V. Wilson of Mississippi, recounted in an interview how his requests to meet Roger Clinton were never fulfilled. He said that when he went to Little Rock to discuss business with Mr. Morton and Mr. Locke in June 1999, they repeatedly promised that Roger Clinton was about to come by and introduce himself. But each time, he said, they made some excuse as to why he did not appear. Mr. Wilson said he met with Mr. Locke and Mr. Morton in a Little Rock hotel to discuss importing building materials from China. He said that when he asked where Roger Clinton was, "they told me he was playing golf right now in Hope," a town about two hours away. Mr. Wilson said the pair seemed to be talking to Roger Clinton on a cell phone, though they never handed it to him. He said he spent the night in Little Rock only to be told that evening that Roger Clinton was too intoxicated to drive. The next day he was told that Mr. Clinton was back on the golf course. He left without investing. He was the only one of the four parties who did not give the pair money. Mr. Lincecum's lawyer, Edward W. Hayes of New York, said his client had paid Mr. Locke and Mr. Morton $235,000 to obtain a pardon for his brother, Garland H. Lincecum, who is serving time in Texas for fraud. Robert S. Bronson of Queens, a Lincecum family friend, gave this account on their behalf. He said Guy Lincecum met with Mr. Locke and Mr. Morton in Little Rock beginning in 1998, turning over two checks: a $100,000 cashier's check from his mother and a check on his own pension account that was paid into the account of C.L.M., a company incorporated in Arkansas. The account was at the First National Bank of Crossett, Ark. Mr. Bronson produced copies of the canceled checks. "When Guy asked them when he would get the pardon for his brother, these two guys pick up a book and look through it and say `I think Clinton will do it in the third quarter,' " Mr. Bronson said. Mr. Bronson said Mr. Locke and Mr. Morton used Roger Clinton's name freely. Mr. Hayes, the Lincecums' lawyer, confirmed the account but said he could not comment further because federal prosecutors in New York had asked him not to say more. The other two businessmen who felt they were swindled in the building materials deal asked that their names not be used, but similarly said that when they had asked to meet with Roger Clinton, their requests were always met with excuses. One said Mr. Locke and Mr. Morton had showed him a photo of them with Roger Clinton. Roger Clinton has said that he asked his brother to pardon Mr. Locke, with whom he served time in jail on drug charges. President Bill Clinton did not grant a pardon to Mr. Locke, a former Arkansas state senator. A Clinton spokesman has said that all the clemency requests sought by Roger Clinton were denied. 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